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Repair procedures: Inspection

  1. Check that the red light flickers when the door lock or unlock button is pressed on the transmitter.
  2. Remove the battery and check voltage if the red light doesn't flicker.

    Standard voltage :  3V

    Fig 1: Checking Battery Voltage
    G07369180Courtesy of KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
  3. Replace the transmitter battery with a new one, if voltage is below 3V then try to lock and unlock the doors with the transmitter by pressing the lock or unlock button five or six times.
  4. If the doors lock and unlock, the transmitter is O.K, but if the doors don't lock and unlock, register the transmitter code, then try to lock and unlock the doors.
  5. If the transmitter is fails, replace only the transmitter.